14th January Square

Tunisia / Tunis / Avenue Habib Bourguiba
 roundabout / traffic circle  Add category
Mohammed BouAzizi,the tunisian young man whom his suicide was the end of Ben Ali regime.
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Coordinates:   36°48'0"N   10°11'10"E

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  • From Euronews, January 16th, 2011: One man in November 7th Square called for it to be renamed. Instead of marking the date Ben Ali came to power, he said, it should become January 14th Square to celebrate the revolution. http://www.euronews.net/2011/01/16/uneasy-calm-in-tunis-amid-fear-of-militias/
  • Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali was not elected, but replaced his predecessor due to his ill health.
  • Today the new administration of Tunisia "renamed" this square, but not into "January 14th". Instead, into "Bouazizi".
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